WEBVTT A BIG THANK YOU FOR A NEBRASKA VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER DEPARTMENT.. FROM KIDS! K-E-T-V NEWSWATCH SEVEN'S TONY CORNETT IS LIVE.ADRIAN, IT'S BEEN JUST A LITTLE OVER A MONTH SINCE THAT HUGE FIRE IN DOWNTOWN PLATTSMOUTH DESTROYED A HANDFUL OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS...IT WAS A SPECTACULAR FIRE... FLAMES SHOOTING HIGH INTO THE SKY... EASILY THE WORST FIRE IN MORE THAN 50 YEARS SAY FIREFIGHTERS. AND IT WAS FOUGHT IN FREEZING WEATHER RESULTING IN ANOTHER SPECTACLE... THE SCENE ICED OVER.TODAY, PLATTSMOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOLERS SHOWED THEIR APPRECIATION TO FIREFIGHTERS WITH A PLAQUE AND A CHECK PRESENTATION.THE RESULT OF WEEKS OF FUND-RAISING.IT WAS A REAL "AW SHUCKS" MOMENT AS MODEST FIREFIGHTERS ACCEPTED THE APPRECIATION IN THE NAME OF JUST DOING WHAT THEY DO... (Lt. Jon Hardy, Plattsmouth Fire Department, "We're here to serve the public, protect'em as best we can and do the job to the best of our ability. And just to get a thank you is the reward and the paycheck. That's why we do it.") I ASKED HARDY WHAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PLANS TO DO WITH THAT MONEY RAISED.HE ASSURES US THERE IS ALWAYS A NEED FOR UPDATING OR ACQUIRING NEW FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT.AND HE REMINDED US THAT HIS DEPARRTMENT REMAINS DEEPLY APPRECIATIVE OF ALL THE FIREFIGHTERS FROM THE SURROUNDING AREA WHO RESPONDED TO THE CALL THAT NIGHT.